Chalkbeat reports on a New York City high school class that is reading banned books to open their minds.
Two advocacy groups have filed complaints with the federal government over a North Carolina school system’s decision to ban all books with gay parents and characters questioning their gender from […]
Tens of thousands of books are banned in US prisons, in an often arbitrary process that limits education opportunitiesOn a Monday night, just after six, Alicia Williams waits for the last stragglers to take their seats in her cramped classroom at the Washington corrections center. Her students braved western Washington’s fall weather to get here and they enter the room still ruffled from the wind, their khaki uniforms flecked with rain.There is no rush. Instead of the lesson she planned to...
A school district in Houston has voted to redact chapters on vaccines and climate change, and parents and educators are worriedThe wave of book bans sweeping the US, typically reserved for works of fiction deemed controversial, has hit textbooks used in public schools, marking the next step in Republicans’ war on education.The board of trustees for the Cypress Fairbanks independent school district in Houston voted 6-1 earlier this month to redact certain chapters in science textbooks, including...
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Girl Scout Kate Lindley, who has been vocal about the Hanover County School Board's recent "censorship" of her Gold Award recognition, has been recognized by the Virginia Library Association for her advocacy efforts.
The Cumberland City Council in Sydney, Australia, has voted to ban all same-sex parenting books from the eight local libraries it oversees. The move was spurred by Councillor Steve Christou […]
Sydney councillor and former Cumberland Mayor Steve Christou, the wicked little man behind the LGBTQIA+ book ban, appeared on ABC Radio to defend his position and was absolutely reamed by the presenter. You truly love to see it. In case you missed it, Cumberland Council voted six votes to five to pass a motion that […]
In a segment about public library book bannings, John Oliver voiced his
Cumberland city councillors have voted to overturn the controversial same-sex book ban which passed on May 1. That’s one point for the real western Sydneysiders and zero points for everyone’s least favourite local council gremlin, Steve Christou. Last night Cumberland Council voted 13-2 (suck on those eggs) to revoke the ban, the only two in […]
Actor LeVar Burton got emotional while talking about the "Reading Rainbow" documentary, claiming we are living in a "bulls t" era of book banning.
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Inmates at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility are getting some new reads thanks to some generous community donations. The Leadership Northeast Core 2024 class and Dress for Success Luzerne County hosted their New Books on the Block Book Drive. Truckloads of books were brought in and unloaded Thursday morning. Founder []